Learning & Career Development

Learning & Career Development

At SAP, everyone is a talent – and everyone has a different view of what “success” looks like. So we encourage you to bring your personal talents and passions to work, and combine them with SAP opportunities to create your ideal career. We’ll provide you with the career development tools, job training, and support you need to bring all of your career goals to life.

Learn something new every day

Be part of a global learning culture – where everyone is a teacher and everyone is a student. At SAP, learning happens all the time and in many different ways: on the job, through interactions with your peers, and via formal learning activities. Our people truly are our greatest asset, and we love investing in them – so every aspect of your learning and career development is covered by SAP.

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Run at your personal best

This isn’t just a job – it’s a big part of your life. Spend some time figuring out where you want SAP to take you, and we’ll help get you there. Learn all about our career development tools and framework, including the 70-20-10 approach, in this infographic.

SAP Career Success Center

Hear some great career stories

Arnaud Merlet

Arnaud has had a diverse career so far. After graduating from engineering school, he worked as an IT Consultant for the banking industry in New York. He went back to Europe to earn his MBA at INSEAD, and joined SAP as a Value Engineer in 2010. Arnaud soon became an executive assistant, then chief of staff for the President of the SAP EMEA Region, and just recently assumed his current role as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for France. Read his interview to learn from his personal career advice.

Jenny Dearborn

Sneak a peek into the life of Jenny Dearborn – SAP’s chief learning officer and real-life Wonder Woman. This superhero-loving exec overcame a childhood learning disability to become an author, TED speaker, and one of the “Top 50 Women in Tech.”

Ferose VR

Ferose VR has always been open to change. He started at SAP as a developer, then became a people manager and board assistant before being promoted to managing director for SAP Labs India. Read about his journey – and get his top tips for career development.

Shipra Chaudhary

Shipra – an early talent – joined SAP as an associate developer, worked for two years, but then became interested in HR and decided to get her MBA. Now she’s back at SAP, doing international job rotations and learning a ton from her peer coach and mentor.

Career path spotlight: Expert

SAP’s more than 21,000 Experts and Chief Experts are growth creators, inspiring innovators, and thought leaders who drive our products, services and sales. At SAP, we provide a dedicated program for our Experts to support holistic professional development, a clear career path, and a strong community to make sure our Experts shine.

Use domain expertise to create business value for customers, employees, and society.

Franz and a team of developers brought SAP HANA to life. Now Franz and other Experts help customers turn their data into actionable and usable insights with SAP Vora, our in-memory computing engine.

$100M
invested into career development annually

We owe it to each other to constantly push the boundaries of who we are and what we’re capable of. This isn’t possible without extreme accountability at the individual level. What are you committing yourself to do? There’s a magic in you that only you possess. How will you use it? Will you better it by learning, growing and expanding? In the end it all comes down to trust. Have trust in yourself to call on your indomitable will.

Bill McDermott

CEO, SAP SE

Bill was given Leadercast’s 2016 “Leader Worth Following” award for his authenticity and vision.

Career advice bytes

What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received? Our employees answered this question in byte-sized form. Check out the collection of advice – including tidbits like “make smart mistakes,” “learn to say no,” and “build your personal brand.”

Women in high tech

The high tech industry is known for its male-dominated workforce – but SAP has been working hard to counter this trend. Gender equality is an important part of our mission – and we’re committed to having at least 25% women in leadership by 2017.

Leading by example

At SAP, we see leadership as a profession. We hold our leaders accountable and create a consistent leadership road map to help employees advance their careers and climb up the ranks. Learn from other leaders, prep for leadership with international rotations, hire your team, build trust, and more.

Employer awards

Awarded by the Association For Talent Development

7 SAP Sales Learning programs had been recognized for "Excellence in Practice" by the by the Association for Talent Development (ATD)—the world’s largest association dedicated to those who develop talent in organizations. Winners were selected from over 220 entries—submitted by organizations around the world.

Sales Training & Coaching Program of the Year

The Stevie award is a tremendous achievement given that Stevie received over 2,300 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry, and that the submission was SAP Sales Learning’s first attempt at gaining recognition for the breadth of its offerings.

Award-winning coaching program

We have 300 certified coaches in 40 countries who help guide employees on-site or via a virtual set up – at no cost. See why we were honored by the International Coach Federation (ICF) for this program.

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Life at SAP

We go to great lengths to ensure you have every opportunity to succeed – in your own way. Flourish in an environment that encourages free expression, collaboration, individuality, and diversity. Learn how we operate, innovate, work, play, and give back – to make sure we’re the right fit for you.

Benefits

We offer some of the best employee benefits in our industry. Your particular benefits package will depend on your position, location, and years with the company – but no matter what, it will be comprehensive and competitive.